The failure of the political system, as exemplified by the corporate kleptocracy practiced by our political parties, has pushed a great many people towards the political fringes.

Now wonder HR1955 came to us now. The system pushes people to the fringes and then the system votes 404 to 6, criminalizing the fringes.

Gee whiz, i love my constitutional republic…

Actually, it’s funny when you think about it–the Paul phenomenon is a case of collective action coming together to support a political policy based on pure selfishness and hyper-individualism. That’s why you never hear the word “democracy” in Paul’s pitch–it’s always “liberty” or “freedom.” Me, me, me.

And yet you have people working collectively to make that happen. I wonder if we should start testing Paulites for an irony deficiency. I hear it’s fatal.

Ron Paul supporter:

Whenever I see the word “progressive” I know I will be hearing from a lying parasite who wants lots of free stuff from the government. Ron Paul is the natural enemy of every “progressive”. People who want what they didn’t earn never hesitate to tell lies and their favorite lies are often psychobabble. They like to insult and dismiss the mind of anyone who opposes their parasitic collectivism. (Collectivism: your wealth is “our” economy.) “Progressivism” is a cult of thieves.

http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2007/10/29/ron-pauls-cult-effect/#comment-500

It starts out with . . . .
“The conscience of the people, in a time of grave national problems, has called into being a new party, born of the nation’s sense of justice. We of the Progressive party here dedicate ourselves to the fulfillment of the duty laid upon us by our fathers to maintain the government of the people, by the people and for the people whose foundations they laid.

It is time to set the public welfare in the first place.”

The rest is here: Progressive Party Platform of 1912

The current situation is what happens when there’s no alternatives. Which is why Perot appealed in 1992.

Last week, someone finally figured it out.
Greg Palast in Chicago“. . . . on October 27 at an Event Sponsored by BuzzFlash.com: Toward the end of the Clinton Administration, the Price of a Barrel of Oil was Below $20, Now It Has Reached an All-Time Record of More than $90 a Barrel. As Far as Bush and Cheney are Concerned, Mission Accomplished.

In short, as Naomi Klein and Amy Goodman have also contended, the Iraq War (and the impending Iran attack) are market expansion initiatives for the corporate backers of the Republican Party — and the most basic economic outlook at the highest levels of the GOP: America is the sole superpower and deserves to assert — at its will — its market dominance for the benefit of its corporations.
. . . .
The goal of the Bush Republican Party is not to protect us from terrorism, but rather to use terrorism to advance their international and domestic economic agenda.

And then there’s this:
$460B Military Bill Omits War Funds

“House and Senate negotiators agreed Tuesday on a $460 billion Pentagon bill that bankrolls pricey weapons systems and bomb-resistant vehicles for troops, but has little for Iraq and Afghanistan.

The nearly half-trillion dollar bill covers the 2008 budget year, which began Oct. 1. . . . .”

My guess is that Bush & Dick & a few select friends have offshore bank accounts somewhere funded by all the private contractors worth a few billion waiting for them in 2009 or whenever they leave. Kinda like organized crime and the Mafia.

Insightful and incisive, Martin. Thanks.

That is the single most perfect description of that particular group of voters that I have ever read. Those people are the friends with whom I know better than to discuss politics, because it inevitably leaves me baffled and sometimes furious…